The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file an action-taken-report on its order to remove an illegal construction in Subhash Park built by local MLA Shoaib Iqbal and some of his supporters where the ruins of a 17th century mosque were allegedly unearthed.

Matia Mahal MLA Shoaib Iqbal on Wednesday refused to demolish the illegal structure built on the purported site of the Mughal-era Akbarabadi Masjid.

Matia Mahal MLA Shoaib Iqbal,accused of aiding the illegal construction of a mosque near Jama Masjid,has moved the Delhi High Court to restrain the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from demolishing the structure.